gazon

/\ɡa.zɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,226

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gazon is aFrenchnoun. It means: Végétation courte de plantes herbacées. Pronounced \ɡa.zɔ̃\. Often confused with gon and giron.

Key facts for gazon
PropertyValue
Headwordgazon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡa.zɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,226
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gazon in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gazon is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡa.zɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,226 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for gazon, with forms such as "agzon", "gaozn", and "gazno". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gon", "giron", "Guyon", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gazon, spelled G-A-Z-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Végétation courte de plantes herbacées.
  2. 2
    Herbe courte et fine, le plus souvent en parlant des graminées et spécialement un mélange de ray-grass anglais, de fétuques et d’agrostis.
  3. 3
    Épaisseur de la végétation, feuilles et racines, qui pouvait être soumis à l’essartage.
  4. 4
    Couverture herbeuse des chaumes.
  5. 5
    Surface couverte de cette herbe.
  6. 6
    Motte ou plaque de terre couverte d’herbe que l’on découpe à la bêche ou avec une machine et qui sert à recouvrir une surface dépourvue de végétation.
  7. 7
    Chevelure.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agzon,gaozn,gazno,gazonn,gazzon,ggazon,gzaon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gazon

Misspelling Variants of "gazon"

agzon5gaozn5gazno5gazonn6gazzon6ggazon6gzaon5
Misspelling Variants of "gazon"

Frequency rank: #11,226 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gazon"?
"gazon" is spelled G-A-Z-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.zɔ̃\.
What does "gazon" mean?
As a noun, "gazon" means: Végétation courte de plantes herbacées.
What words are commonly confused with "gazon"?
"gazon" is commonly confused with "gon", "giron", "Guyon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gazon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gazon" is \ɡa.zɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gazon" come from?
"gazon" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.